This campaign ad is actually adorable

State Rep. Carl Sciortino poses at the Massachusetts State House in November. The candidate for Congress released an ad this week that's drawing national attention. (Yoon S. Byun/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

This campaign ad is actually adorable

A Massachusetts candidate for Congress is making national headlines with a campaign ad that plays off his openly gay status to demonstrate his liberal credentials.In the ad, Carl Sciortino Jr., “comes out” to his conservative father not as gay, but as a “Massachusetts liberal.”The two have a witty back-and-forth dialogue for about a minute about why Sciortino Jr.’s liberal views surprise his father, who says he’s a member of the tea party. Carl Sciortino Sr. is a registered Republican in …